The Maple Leafs are looking to make it three wins in a row when they visit Madison Square Garden to face the fighting-for-their-playoff-lives New York Rangers (7:00 p.m. EST, Sportsnet Ontario).
Head-to-Head Stats: Maple Leafs (41-24-3) vs. Rangers (33-30-6)
In the 2024-25 regular season statistics, New York holds the advantage in three out of five offensive categories, but Toronto holds the advantage in four out of five defensive categories.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#23 Matthew Knies — #34 Auston Matthews — #16 Mitch Marner
#74 Bobby McMann — #91 John Tavares — #88 William Nylander
#29 Pontus Holmberg — #11 Max Domi — #89 Nick Robertson
#24 Scott Laughton — #64 David Kampf — #18 Steven Lorentz
Defensemen
#22 Jake McCabe — #8 Chris Tanev
#44 Morgan Rielly — #25 Brandon Carlo
#2 Simon Benoit — #95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Goaltenders
Starter: #41 Anthony Stolarz
#60 Joseph Woll
Extras: Calle Jarnkrok, Philippe Myers
Injured (LTIR): Jani Hakanpää, Max Pacioretty
New York Rangers Projected Lines
Forwards
#10 Artemi Panarin — #16 Vincent Trocheck — #50 Will Cuylle
#13 Alexis Lafreniere — #8 JT Miller — #93 Mika Zibanejad
#20 Chris Kreider — #39 Sam Carrick — #22 Johnny Brodzinski
#78 Brennan Othman — #71 Jusso Parssinen — #65 Brett Berard
Defensemen
#79 K’Andre Miller — #23 Adam Fox
#24 Carson Soucy — #17 Will Borgen
#6 Zac Jones — #4 Braden Schneider
Goaltenders
Starter: #31 Igor Shesterkin
#32 Jonathan Quick
